Pictures from
International Trail Magazine(click on the small
picture for a larger view)

Captions for these
photos graciously provided
by Joel Faircloth in 2004

cover

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This is the art work from the
cover of the magazine issue Volume 36, Number 4,
in 1966. International Trail was the company
magazine for International Scout. It was also
used as an advertising piece for International.

The
text of the article and pictures of the magazine
pages can be found on the ARTICLES
webpage.

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jack1

Jack
Faircloth posed in his office. What looks like a
computer monitor was actually a photo taken at
the Florida State Fair with Miss Florida in front
of the car. Jack shows off his Florida licence
plate -- the letter D was for a lightweight car,
and the 1931 is for the year that the replicas
represented.

At that time, you could order any
licence plate that was not already in use.

jack2

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A close-up from the above
picture, showing Elias V. (Jack) Faircloth. Jack
was born in 1905 and died December 4, 1987. He
was originally from Camilla, Georgia and had
lived in Winter Haven, FL before moving to West
Palm Beach in 1937. He had two daughters,
Jacqueline and Elizabeth, and one son, Joel.

At
the time of this picture, he was 61 years old.

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carscene

This,
and some other photos in the article came from
shots in a brochure that was being used at the
time. The pictures were taken in the local West
Palm Beach area, and generally included people in
them so that buyers could tell the size of the
car.

frameinair

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The chasis hanging in the air
was posed using the actual A frame hoist with a
winch that was used to unload the units from a
tractor trailer. Since a load of chasis were
stacked "piggy back" on each other,
they could not be rolled off the truck.

The
truck would position itself, a chasis was hoised
up, and the truck would drive forward out of the
way. After the chasis was lowered and moved away,
the truck would back up for another unloading. In
this case, a Scout was posed where the tractor-
trailer would go. The bodies (foreground) were
generally stored outside two-high on a rack.

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assembly

This
picture was posed to simulate the assembly-line
type of process. The cars didn't move along a
belt, but several would be in the shop at any
given time.

enginework

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The engine is installed as part
of the proceess.

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chasis2

Joel
Faircloth (left) and Grady Hilton, a "block
man" (area supervisor) for International
Harvester. An unusually large order of chasis had
just been received and, very likely, Grady was
there to be sure that the company got paid. The
terms were COD at that time, since the chasis
were prepared specially for Glassic and could not
easily be used elsewere.

spraying

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A simulation of the gell-coat
process. A car body is upside down, with the
front of the car toward the camera. A release
agent is sprayed onto the mold, then a coating of
gell-coat was sprayed on - sort of like thick
paint. After it dried, chopped fiberglass was
sprayed on top of that.

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inyard

This
posed picture was set up to illustrate the
various stages of completion. The assembly
building would be behind the camera in this
picture. The trailer held the master molds -
molds used to MAKE the molds used. This land was
all owned by the company at that time.

chasis1

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Another view of the chasis. This
one came from a black and white 8 x 10 glossy
photo provided by International Harvester's
public relations people: Young and Rubicam, Inc.

This
photo, a copy of the Trail magazine and a letter
were sent to R.C. Lenz in San Bernadino, CA in
Dec. 1967, presumably in response to an inquiry
for info about Glassics.

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inarow

The
company's secretary - bookkeeper posed in this
photo with Jack Faircloth. The boot of the top
was stuffed with rags to look plump.

There were
seldom this many cars stored on the premises
(storage space was at a premium) but this order
was accumulated for a tractor - trailer shipment
to Detroit. Three Ford dealers had ordered two
each.

headsrear

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A picture from a sales brochure.
Joel Faircloth driving. Joel was born July 27,
1940, and would have been 26 years old at the
time of this photo.

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onwater

Brochure
picture - the area where the Faircloths lived in
West Palm Beach provided a scenic background for
pictures of the Glassic in action.